Red and blue states look past each other on issues like carbon emissions, power generation.
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Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Unclear Lines
An energy regulatory decision today could carve out the path for fully renewable energy in America, by attacking the central challenge of transmission capacity.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Gas Industry Squeeze Play
The Biden administration has paused new permits for natural gas export terminals. The industry is fighting back by trying to facilitate gas exports from Mexico.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Biden Can Stop Playing Manchin’s Climate Game
Manchin is proposing a fossil fuel–friendly chair for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Instead, Biden could allow Democrats to regain control of FERC.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Activist Hedge Fund Turns the Screws at NRG Energy
Elliott Management is asking FERC to let it purchase up to one-fifth of the common stock in a Texas utility.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Congress Short-Circuits the Electric Grid
It’s bad enough not to get a clean debt bill, but it’s worse to impede electric transmission issues as part of the bargain.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Manchin’s Pipeline Payoff Strangles Future Permitting Reform Negotiations
The Fiscal Responsibility Act approved several items on fossil fuel industry wish lists, with nothing for renewable energy. That kills leverage for a broader deal.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Manchin Again?!
In search of a deal on energy (and maybe the debt ceiling), the White House puts the West Virginia senator at the center of the action.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Manchin Decides to Torpedo Permitting Reform
By refusing to hold a hearing for the chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Joe Manchin is damaging an existing effort to improve permitting for electric transmission lines.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Permitting Reform Is a Decoy for Ramping Up Gas
A new Manchin-Schumer deal is being marketed as a clean-energy hack, but it’s mostly about gas exports.